Although Norris and Verstappen's respective fans were still at odds over who was to blame for their collision at Turn 3 in the past two days, no one could change the outcome, which also caused controversy over the scale of the race officer's decision, especially some non-Verstappen fans who thought that the race officer's penalty deduction of the Dutchman's two Super Licence points after the race was obviously playing with balance, because this painless penalty would not have the slightest impact on the result of the race.
Those who make this argument argue that as early as the first pit stop, when Red Bull Racing escaped punishment for an unsafe release, it was this escape that indirectly led to the subsequent crash, which Norris apparently thought was unfair.
Comparing Norris's GPS data from the two pit stops before and after, it can be seen that he apparently had an earlier brake before stopping at the tire change station on lap 24, which was obviously the result of Norris trying to avoid colliding with an unsafely released Verstappen, and Norris reduced his speed to only 21 km/h, well below the 80km/h speed limit in the pits, so he lost at least half a second, while Verstappen bought at least 2 seconds or more because of the unsafe release.
Curiously, however, the FIA Organising Officer did not penalize Verstappen after reviewing the duo's GPS data and on-board images, and the reason given by the Racing Officer after the race was that the extreme extent of Red Bull Racing's unsafe release was not clear enough.
However, according to Section 34.14 C of the Race Rules, if an F1 car is released from a parking space in unsafe conditions while stopping during a race, the driver involved will be fined under Article 54.3, which means that Verstappen should therefore be subject to a 5 to 10 second time penalty or be sent through the pits, but unfortunately it is not clear enough about the extreme extent of the unsafe release of the race officer, so what is clear enough, is it that the race officer has the final say on the rules, so they have enough flexibility to interpret when it is extreme and when it is not.
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